Tang Bohu Marries Qiuxiang

Chapter 344

The Tang family in the suburbs of Beijing is three feet away from the sky. This is the status of the Tang family today. Yueer swept the floor in front of a hut in Tangzhuang, and Zhu Houzhao came back with a hare. The two simply kowtowed to the heaven and the earth. It was decided to hold a low-key and simple wedding in Tangzhuang.

"Yue'er, we have rabbit meat tonight." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile, "Look, I got such a big harvest for the first time hunting. This rabbit is so fat."

Tang Yue snatched the rabbit from Zhu Houzhao's arms, "The rabbit is so cute, how can I eat it."

Seeing Yue'er overflowing with love, Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to say, "It's hard for us to have a meal."

"Hmph! Just don't eat it!" Yue'er hugged the rabbit, "If you want to eat meat, you can catch it yourself, anyway, rabbits are not allowed to eat it."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Xiaobai who was squatting on the side. After moving out with Yueer, the white tiger came out with his little master. Zhu Houzhao said to it: "Xiaobai will go hunting with me."

Hearing the words, Xiaobai turned his head lazily.

"I'm getting lazy." Zhu Houzhao pulled Xiaobai's tail to drag him away, but Xiaobai didn't move at all. He was no longer the little white tiger back then. This big white tiger stood taller than an adult. Tall, a few strands of hair will fall off Xiaobai's body if he grabs it casually.

Zhu Houzhao knelt down and stroked Xiaobai's head. This white tiger was already very old.

Tang Bohu put on his court clothes, looked at Tangzhuang with the smoke curling up from the kitchen, got into the carriage and went to the capital under the escort of Jin Yiwei, and got on the regent Duke, and his days became busy.

When he came to the cabinet, this was the second meeting between Tang Bohu and the cabinet. Yang Tinghe listened to Tang Bohu's words and said, "Do you want the common people to open factories?"

"Just like my factory, people can have a stable income even if they don't farm."

"I think your idea is a bit superfluous." Xu Zhenqing said: "Da Ming does not lack workshops."

Yang Tinghe said: "Even if you open a factory, the people in other places may not be the same as Tangzhuang. Some people can still eat and wear warm just by farming."

Tang Bohu smiled wryly, disliking this old-fashioned idea very much, and then said: "Actually, it's not like this. My Tangzhuang factory is not just like this. You may think that my factory is just a bigger workshop?"

"In fact, the core competitiveness of Tangzhuang's factory is not its huge scale and expensive remuneration? It's not like that."

Yang Tinghe listened carefully to Tang Bohu's words.

Tang Bohu continued: "Our factory also has a pension system. As long as workers have worked for a certain number of years, the factory will provide them with pensions."

"I've heard of it." Yang Tinghe continued, "Do you want to use this as a signboard for the new factory?"

"I want to improve Ming's productivity." Tang Bohu continued: "There is splendor in the south, good wine in the north, agate in the west, and bright pearls in the east. Why don't we combine all of these?"

"Wait a minute!" Yang Tinghe interrupted Tang Bohu, "It's a factory again, you mentioned trade now, what exactly do you want to do?"

Tang Bohu said in a low voice: "Use factories to increase productivity, and use productivity to increase trade efficiency, that's what I want to say."

Yang Tinghe signaled Tang Bohu to continue.

"One person spends a year making ten pieces of silk. For example, the south is very skilled in the use of silk, and silk clothes have always been very expensive. Why? Because the amount of silk produced in a year is very small. If the south The silk produced in a year is hundreds of times what it is now?"

"We can sell silk to the Western Regions and to the grasslands." Tang Bohu continued: "As early as a few years ago, I observed that Ming's trade was not active more than once. many."

"I understand. Whether it's running a factory or trading, your goal is to enrich the people." Xu Zhenqing finally understood.

"This is the reason why the people are rich and the country is strong." Tang Bohu said.

Thinking about Tang Bohu's suggestion, Yang Tinghe analyzed and said: "If you want to strengthen trade, you must first open the market. Only when there is demand will there be sales. With sales, there will naturally be factories. Only with factories will farmers have income."

Xu Zhenqing has seen Tang Bohu's Tangzhuang before. The small area of ​​Tangzhuang seems ordinary, but some of the rules of Tangzhuang are really new compared with the court. Tangzhuang can be said to be a brand new place in Ming Dynasty. If Tang Bohu wants to open a New Daming, then Tang Bohu's ambition is to project his own Tangzhuang to the entire Daming.

Yang Tinghe went on to say: "It's simple to say, but what about taxes? There is trade and business, and our court always collects taxes. If you want the people to be rich and the country strong, even if the people become rich, it's useless if Ming has no money."

Yang Tinghe's question was indeed vicious, and the disadvantages could be seen at a glance. Daming's taxation has always been very complicated, and the addition of trade taxation will only make it more complicated.

Yang Tinghe went on to say: "This matter involves a lot of aspects. I know you want to strengthen the country, but is it too fast to do so many things in one go? Can we go step by step, starting from the opening of the market first, Then there is taxation, then factories, and then taxation.”

"It makes sense, it makes sense." Tang Bohu nodded, "It's no wonder that he is a cabinet scholar, so he can wake up the dreamer with one word."

Xu Zhenqing also said: "Tang Bohu, since your idea will involve the taxation of the former grain, it will definitely involve the Ming law. In the final analysis, you still want to modify the Ming law, right?"

Speaking of this, Tang Bohu heaved a long sigh, "I really want to add a yellow robe now and forget it. When I am the emperor, I can have the final say on everything."

"Everyone in the world will kill him!" Yang Tinghe warned.

"Okay, okay..." Tang Bohu compromised and said, "But the water is deep and the water is shallow, let's try."

Yang Tinghe nodded. Tang Bohu's idea is indeed good. Over the years, Da Ming's trade has been tepid. According to Tang Bohu, Da Ming can indeed revitalize trade, but he has another idea in his mind. The wealth you own is fixed, and there is only so much in how it flows in and out, enriching the people, enriching the people!Where does this wealth come from? Now that Yang Tinghe has figured it out, Tang Bohu is still worried about the sea ban. This guy wants to open up foreign trade.

Three months later, all the frontiers from the north to the west to the south of the Ming Dynasty opened their markets. Tea, porcelain, silk, and spirits were all in short supply outside the customs. The opening of the market was directly led by the government, and the next problems followed. Come on, Tang Bohu wants to change the tax law.

As soon as this matter happened, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and Yu Shitai's attitude was the most obvious. They all disagreed and pointed at Tang Bohu.

(End of this chapter)